Busy With Trivia

Recently I was pondering the shallowness of our culture and how we waste so much of our time in shallow amusement. Digging down to the root meaning of the word amusement I discovered that the prefix "a" means without and "muse" means thought so amusement is "without thought." Well, it is true that when we want to be entertained and amused we don't want to have to do a lot of thinking.

It is sad to see how frantically busy we are- how jam packed our schedules are- but so much of our activitiy is of very little value- to anyone or anything. Think of how much money, time and energy we spend in this country manicuring lawns. Originally lawns served a purpose- they enabled the pioneers to see enemy, wolves, rattlesnakes etc. The lawn was a clearing that provided some safety but nowadays it is an idol.

Someone told me recently about how she had gone to a sick friend's house to mow their yard for them. She was mowing along when the next door neighbor came rushing out and was irate because she had crossed onto their property a few inches. The irate neighbor boasted that SHE took great pains with HER yard and didn't SCALP IT! My friend apologized profusely and tried to explain that she hadn't intended offense- she was only trying to help but there was no grace extended. How very sad to value grass blades over a human life.

One day we will stand before a great an awesome God and give an account for what we did with the precious time He allotted to us. May God give us eyes to see what He values while we still have time.